against the United Republic of Tanzania (hereinafter referred to as
"the Respondent"), for alleged violations of human rights .
2.
The Applicant is a convict, currently detained at Maweni Central
Prison in Tanga, Tanzania. The Applicant was convicted for murder
by the High Court of Tanzania at Arusha on 18 September 2008 and
sentenced to life imprisonment. The Applicant appealed to the Court
of Appeal of Tanzania which is the highest Court in Tanzania , in
Criminal Appeal No. 303 of 2008, and his appeal was dismissed on
17 October 2011 and his life imprisonment sentence set aside and
revised with the mandatory sentence to suffer death by hanging.
3.
The Applicant states that he lodged an application for review at the
Court of Appeal but that the Court of Appeal has delayed in the review
of its decision until today.
4.
The Applicant states, inter alia, that:
(a) The evidence used to convict him was facial identification and
that the description by Prosecution Witness 1 was very scanty
and that it could fit any other person .
(b) There were contradictions in the evidence. He states that Exhibit
P3, the motorcycle found in the possession of the Applicant was
a HONDA 250, yet Prosecution Witness 2 identified it as a
YAMAHA.